This past weekend we spent down on the tidal brackish rappohanock river fishing, drinking having a good time. We spent some of the time clamming with our feet during low tide in the marsh. The clams fro this area are hard shelled clams that resemble standard little neck clams but have some distinct differences.

They have a dark gray coating on there shell and the two back sides of the shell extend further then the typical hardshell clam. I would really like to see what type of clams these are.

Any links would be awesome i want to educate myself.

Meadeo

After more research i finally found out the type of clam we encountered.

Rangia Rangia Cuneata More commonly known as "Brackish Marsh Clams"

Apparently they were thought to be extinct in Virginia for 100 years but sometime around 1960 they started a bigtime comeback likely due to improving water quality good stuff =)

Meadeo